Battle of Amiens (1918)

Battle of Amiens
Part of the Western Front of World War I
Amiens, the key to the west by Arthur Streeton, 1918.
Date 8–12 August 1918 (major combat) Location East of Amiens, Picardy, France Result Decisive Allied victory Start of Hundred Days Offensive
Belligerents
British Empire  Australia  Canada  United Kingdom France  United States	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand Foch Douglas Haig Henry Rawlinson (4th Army) Marie-Eugène Debeney (1st Army)	Erich Ludendorff Georg von der Marwitz
Strength
19 British Empire divisions (10 British, 5 Australian, 4 Canadian) 12 French divisions 1 American division 1,104 French aircraft 800 British aircraft 532 tanks	10 active divisions 4 reserve divisions 365 aircraft
Casualties and losses
44,000 (22,000 BEF, 22,000 French)	75,000 (50,000 prisoners)

External images

The Battle of Amiens

Map of Australian troop movements

Fighting power

Map of the advance at the battle of Amiens

Decisive Allied victory

 British Empire

France

The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy (French: 3ème Bataille de Picardie), which began on 8 August 1918, was the opening phase of the Allied offensive later known as the Hundred Days Offensive that ultimately led to the end of the First World War. Allied forces advanced over 11 kilometres (7 mi) on the first day, one of the greatest advances of the war, with Henry Rawlinson's British Fourth Army playing the decisive role. The battle is also notable for its effects on both sides' morale and the large number of surrendering German forces. This led Erich Ludendorff to describe the first day of the battle as "the black day of the German Army". Amiens was one of the first major battles involving armoured warfare and marked the end of trench warfare on the Western Front; fighting becoming mobile once again until the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918.

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